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Description
Edward III (1327-77), gold Noble, Fourth Coinage, London Tower Mint, Treaty Period (1361-69), without flag and omitting FRANC in legend, group B with annulet before E of Edward in legend, ships rigging ropes 3/2, Quatrefoils 3/3, King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield of arms, beaded circle surrounding, legend surrounds ED WΛRDxx DEIxx GRΛxx REXxx ΛnGLxx DnSxx hYBx Z x AQ T, curule X in REX, rev. initial mark cross potent, E at centre of ornamental cross with lis terminals, crowns over lions in angles, all within a beaded and linear tressure, fleurs in spandrels, legend +IhCxx ΛVTEmxxTRΛnSIEnSxx PERxx mEDIVxx ILLORVmxx IBAT, last A barred, 7.68g (Schneider 86-87; N.1232; S.1503). Struck from a rusted obverse die with characteristic stippling to background and fields, otherwise well struck with raised die flaws at rudder, a bold very fine.
Condition report:
The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse Edward by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine; and on the reverse But Jesus, passing through the midst of them, went His way taken from the Bible.This coin was struck at the time of the Treaty of Bretigny when Edward III relaxed his claim to the French throne and therefore does not appear in the Latin titles upon the coinage.
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